- And this.
He’s looking at me.
“But especially since you talked about her as if it were a burden. As if you were the successful man, and she was the woman who was just sitting at home.
I’ve come down my gaze.
“My mother built her life around the family so you could build your company.
We had no defense.
For the first time, I didn’t even try to find one.
A year after I left, I met Margaret on our granddaughter’s birthday.
He was wearing a blue dress.
He was laughing.
There were children and grandchildren around.
And for the first time in a very long time, I looked at her without thinking about what she was doing for me.
I looked at it as a person.
“You look good,” I said.
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Thank you.
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Are you happy?
He was thinking a little.
— I am learning.
I smiled sadly.
— And I.
